Associations Between Macular Findings by Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Outcomes After Epiretinal Membrane Removal

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Suh, Min Hee ^a,b   Seo, Jong Mo ^a   Park, Kyu Hyung ^a   Yu, Hyeong Gon ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 59749095202     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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